Chinese Character 贤 Meanings and components.

Form

贤

Meaning

贤 meaning[3] in English

Worthy Or Virtuous Person.

Honorific Used For A Person Of The Same Or A Younger Generation.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 贤 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are variant of 收[shou1] (収) , and surname Bei (贝)

Its radical[1] is: 貝 (bei4) which means: Surname Bei, .貝bei4surname Bei

In cangjie it is written with LEBO

How to write 贤

To write贤xian2worthy or … you should write a combination of 収shou1variant of … , 贝bei4surname Bei arranged in a 吕 shape:

収 + 贝 = 贤

贤 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 贤 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 贤, looks as follow:

贤
Pinyin:xian2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Worthy Or Virtuous Person . Honorific Used For A Person Of The Same Or A Younger Generation
収
Pinyin:shou1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 收[Shou1]
丩
Pinyin:jiu1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 糾|纠[Jiu1]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway
贝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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